Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is within the toilet block.. View information about this toilet (new tab)
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: the Car Park and Stockton's Wood.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: Speke Hall, Grounds, House and Gardens.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Liverpool South Parkway.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Main Car Park - Speke Hall)
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac, grass, loose chippings and gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are not available.
- There are more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 340cm x 450cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 36m from the Visitor Reception entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings, bollards with high colour contrast but no visual identification band and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: ear defenders, activity sheets and accessible maps.
- You can borrow these from the Visitor Reception building. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: a mobility scooter. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the Visitor Reception building. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- An accessible golf cart with a fold down ramp 86cm wide is available.
The cart can be used to take visitors to the main hall and gardens.
Visitor Reception
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 106cm.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 106cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There are coffee tables and bench seats available in the visitor reception.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens outwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 84cm.
Counter (Low Level)
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 75cm.
- The counter has windows, TVs, glazed screens or mirrors which could adversely affect the ability of someone to lip read.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are tables and bench seats available in the counter area.